2025 Homestead Garden Journal and Planner: A full color gardening guide, calendar, record, harvest and food preservation tracker Paperback – November 27, 2024

Specifications:Convenient 8 x 10" sizeBeautiful full color artwork on every page290 pagesUser friendly for beginner and experienced gardenersDetails:You are looking at the DATED 2025 version of the Homestead Garden Journal and Planner. This version is best suited to those living in the Northern Hemisphere and in a climate similar to my own (US growing zones 6-8). Months and dates are already written in for the calendars.Please see the other UNDATED version of this planner also available here on Amazon, if you are located in the Southern Hemisphere or in an area with a much shorter or longer growing season than mine. The undated version is organized by seasons and the monthly calendar pages can be filled in to match your growing season more exactly.Each month includes:A front page of tips, tricks, and garden notesA garden and orchard chore checklistA harvest logCanning and preserving journal pages2 page monthly calendarweekly plannerKeeping a record of garden successes, lessons learned, harvest amounts, weather patterns, and planting times within the microclimates of your own property creates an invaluable reference. I have created reminders and spaces for recording those types of information on a regular basis throughout the Homestead Garden Journal and Planner.Many guides and worksheets are included workbook style, during the season in which they (according to me) ought to be completed. These include:Plants needed for my family's year supply (and yours)Canning and preserving a family's year supplyCrop yieldsPruning recommendationsGuide to attracting beneficial insects to garden and orchardHarvest report: yields and lessons learnedFood preservation summary for the yearSeasonal planting guideCrop Rotation ChartCompanion planting guideSpring, summer, & fall garden layout gridsSeed inventorySeed starting scheduleSowing GuideSeed starting check-listSoil testingSeed germination temperature and timingPlanting depth and spacingand many more! Read more